Grad students make 18K at UMD? Maybe so at the math department, but the actual number was far south of that over at the EE and CS departments before I could finally get out of there. 18K!!! Holy crap, with that kind of money one might even be able to rent a place at the world-famous, posh Springhill Lake estates at Greenbelt and have money left over to get a bulletproof vest for those late-night strolls in Hyattsville.